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fete MARKETS NEW YORK CITY Average price of copper for week ending Nov. 22, 31.92. mi WEATHER Arizona Fair, not much change in temperature.Associated Press Special Leased Wire Service. VOL IS. NO. 150. BISBEE, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS BftNDITS ARE SIGHTED HEARING JUAREZ First American Refugee From Chihuahua City Confirms j Report That Villa Practi-I cally Controls City. , ! SEES BANDITS WITHIN 30 MILES OF BORDER American and Mexican Border Commanders Prepare for Surprise Americans Not Molested in Chihuahua. , (By Review Leased Wire; EL PASO, Nov. 29. As a pre- cautionary measure, additional troops were ordered down town fom the fort and army camps to- night by General Gt'orge Bell, Jr., artillery was held in readi- ness on the mesa, overlooking the city and Juarez, and an armored automobile wag sent to the inter- national bridge earlier in ' the evening. The report of bandit operations in the vicinity of Juarez was believed to have been responsible for this military activ- ity. EL PASO, Nov. 29. When a foreign refugee from Chihuahua City passed along the Villa Ahu-mada read in his automobile late today, he reported having seen-185 bandits at Los Tanques, a small settlement a short distance southwest of Guadalupe and about 30 miles southeast of Juarez. He said the column was moving in the general direction W Villa Ahumada, south of Juarez, and were all well armed and equipped. He was not molested by the bandits, he said, as the bead of the column had passed out of sight when he passed through Los Tanques and he saw only the rear guard, he said. U. S. Troops Warned. United States army officers stationed at Fabens, Texas, 32 miles southeast 'at here, and opposite Guadalupe, Chihuahua, were notified that scouts had been despatched south to investigate the pres- , ence of bandits so near the border. The Juarez military officers were also notified of the reported presence of the bandit force. k The refugee said he passed a number of bands of bandits between the city and the border, one band being encountered near Sauz. He said the bandits shouted "viva Villa" as he i passed in bis automobile, the flag of his country flying on the car. The bandits did not stop him, he said, nor fire in his direction. He saw another band further north, he said, but was not near enough to ascertain who they were. First Refugee Arrives. EL PASO, Nov. 29. The first foreign refugee to leave Chihuahua City since the siege began arrived here to- i night, reporting that Villa and Julio ! Acosta were in control of part of the city wnen ne made ms escape Dy automobile at 2 o'clock this morning. Owing to the fact that he had been in (Continued on Page Two) (By Review Leased Wire) WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Ambassador Gerard conferred with President Wilson late today, and received final instructions on views to be presented to the German government regarding the deportation of Belgians and submarine warfare. No written communications have been given the ambassador, but Mr. Wilson outlined to him fully the attitude of the American government toward pending issues. The President is understood to have emphasized the unfavorable Impression created here by Germany's treatment of the Belgians and to have reiterated that the United States has said its last word on submarine warfare and expects STRONG MESSAGE TO GERMANY IS GOING BACK WITH GERARD WALES COAL MINES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT. ' LONDON, Nov. 29. Under the Defense of the Realm Act, the board of trade announces that from December 1, it will assume control of all the coal mines in South Wales. A committee has been appointed, representing the board of trade, the home office, and the admiralty for the admin- istration of the mines and will meet tc consider the question of wages. . There has been a long dispute concerning the demands of the South Wales miners Tor an increase in the war bonus. The board of trade attempted by inter- ventlon, to procure a settlement, but the mine owners objected to an intervention of their affairs with a' view to ascertaining whether they could justifiably meet the miners' demands. a; 6IDS LET ON 4 AND SILL CRAFT $65,000,000 Worth of Building Is Awarded by Daniels. Navy Seeking More Shipyards for 1917. By Review Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Secretary Daniels awarded contracts today for more than $65,000,000 worth of new fighting ships for the navy, including four battleships at $11,000,000 each, two fleet submarines at approximately $1,190,000 each, and 27 coast submarines at $696,000 to $698,000 each. These vessels comprise - the bulk of the great building program of 66 aircraft of various types appropriated for by the last session of congress. Bids for four battle cruisers will be received December 6 and for three scout cruisers on January 3, with the hope of completing the task of getting all the ships under contract within the six months limit set by congress. Shipyards Sought Already the house naval committee is at work on the 1918 bill and early in the spring the department must find building facilities for at least three more battleships, one battle cruiser, and a proportionate number of other craft remaining on the three year construction program. The bill to be put through this winter for the navy will carry a total of nearly $400,-000,000.Secretary Daniels announced that the contracting companies had agreed to the department's specifications calling for turbo-electric propulsion. It was this point which delayed the awards.' GIRL DEAD AND 15 HURT WHEN TROLLEY GAR HITS FREIGHT (By Review Leased Wire) SPRINGFIELD, Ills.. Nov. 29. Miss Sarah Morgan, aged 23, was killed and fifteen persons were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train crashed into a street car at a grade crossing here tonight The young woman, according to witnesses, was killed in attempting to climb out of a windo"w when the car toppled over, crushing her. Germany to live up to her pledges. After spending an hour with the President, Mr. Gerard left for New York. He plans to sail for Berlin December 5, if his private business permits. During the day the ambassador went to the state department for a final conference with Secretary Lansing and also talked with Secretary Daniels and other officials.. While Mr. Gerard would not discuss th"? conference for publication he is said to have informed the President that Germany undoubtedly is ready for peace on terms satisfactory to her, Whether the ambassador will have a conference in New York with Colonel E. M. House before leaving for Berlin was undecided when be left here. BATTLESHIPS CONGRESS IS BACK 10 L High Cost of Living and Possible Food Embargo Will Be Burning Issues of the Approaching Session. RETALIATION EMBARGO NOT FAVORED BY MANN Leader and Others However, Plan Legislation to Regulate Prices of Necessities of Life, This Session. (By Review Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. With the arrival in Washington of mem bers of congress the subject of general discussion dminant with them is the high cost of living and the food embargo to be urged by Representative Fitzgerald of New York as a remedy. Hot Debate Expected The discussion has presented a wide variety of views, some members believing that an embargo is not the remedy for existing conditions pnd that the subject will lead to much debate in congress. Mr. Fitzgerald said today that he would have two bills ready for introduction Monday bearing on the question of embargoes. Embargo No Solution Leader Mann said he did not believe an embargo would be piaced on food products and that it wa not a remedy for the evil. An embargo offered as a retaliatory measure, in his opinion, differed greatly from an embargo to regulate prices and sufficient warrant did not exist for a retaliatory embargo. Representative Borland doubted the wisdom of an embargo but thought the soaring pricefc of foodstuffs could be checked by some sort of legislation. Representative McLear was inclined to favor the embargo.Property Worth $10,000,000 Threatened With Destruction by Retreating Troops, New York Hears. (By Review Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Wireless dispatches from Berlin reporting a decision of the Rumanian government to destroy plants connected with the extensive oil fields of the country wore read without apparent concern today at the local offices of the Standard Oil Company, which has holdings there valued at between $7,000,000 and $10,000,000. The last word received here from the representative in Bucharest arrived two days ago, according to an official of the company, stating briefly "all's well." Whether this alluded to the personnel of its Rumanian company, which includes a number of Americans, or to the situation in general, the local officials were unable to determine. They expressed "the utmost conff-(Cbntlnued on Page Four) ROMANIANS RUIN STANDARD OIL HOLDINGS Lighting Up of Statue of Liberty Saturday Will Be Occasion of High Revelry Throughout New York (By Review Leased Wire) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. New York's great sky scrapers will be brilliantly lighted up Saturday night when President Wilson heads an automobile pnrade tliroueh the downtown section of the city after he has accepted on behalf of the nation, a new electric flood lighting system for the Statue of Liberty, provided by funds raised by popular subscription by the New York World. Preceding the parade, it was an ALLIES PLAN TO PUT LINERS; NEW ft- "v r 1T 1 - 1 mm Wi Kin i ' 7i ' j,un on icrwuiu . . i-'rnch liner Touraine, photographed on her ivicni. arrival at New York. . The Britinh government is serioubly considering1 the, adoption of Winston Churchill's suggestion that guns be mounted at both bow and stern of all merchant ships flying the British and allied flags. Should this suggestion be carried' out the entire subject of armed merchantmen would be brought forward on a new line, necessitating a formal ruling the first time a'vessel so a. med entered an American port. Many allied vessels now making American ports carry a big gun on the forward deck. American Warning Against War Loans Astounds London (By Review LONDON, Nov. 29. -Financial circles in London were surprised by the warning sent out by the American federal reserve board,' cautioning banks not to invest their funds too heavily in the British treasury notes offered in American nIW-t. The general feeling among business men here is that the entente allies are such good customers of the United States that they can reasonably expect all possible accommodations in methods of payment and also that Great Britain's financial standing re- War Sufferers Are To Be Remembered (By Review Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. President Wilson's suggestion that the people of America, in observing Thanksgiving Day, should contribute to relieve the suffering resulting from the war, will be put into effect in many churches tomorrow. Cardinal Farley, in a nrnclamation issued todav directed i that all the co'llections taken in the Roman Catholic churches of bis archbishopric be given to "the peoples of Europe." Funds contributed in the Episcopal and some other churches will be given to the Red Cross. Notwithstanding the high cost of food there will be no disposition on the part of charitable institutions and organizations to reduce the number of Thanksgiving dinners or baskets, of food distributed to the poor. TAFT SLAPS LABOR j NEW YORK. Nov. 29. "The tendency of organized labor to get too much power and use it," was con- j demned by Win. H. Taft in an address at the 160th anniversary dinner of the St Andrew's Society of the State of New York here tonight.' I MEXICAN CONGRESS CONVENES TOMORROW. QUERETARO, Mex., Nov. 29. With the work of examining credentials progressing slowly, General Carranza today tele- graphed his cabinet officers at Mexico City to be on hand for the opening of congress on Decem- her 1. nounced tonight. Miss Ruth Law, who recently established a new American record by flying from Chicago to Hor-nell, N. Y., will circle about the Presidential yacht Mayflower in an aeroplane electrically lighted. At the sttnie time what is said to be the most powerful searchllcht In the country will be played on the Mayflower from the decks of which the President and his party will view the illumination of the Liberty Statue. It is planned to flood the city with MORE GUNS ON COMPLICATION FEARED Leased Wire.) mains so .high that all classes of gov ernment securities had been protected in America, even under the present circumstances, about as readily as American securities would be taken here. There has been a certain amount of I criticism toth in parliament and by I government officials of the large ls-j sues of treasury bills, but the criti- cism was based on the argument that I the government was paying a higher rate of interest than the standing of its credit necessitated. President's Turkey Bouncing Big One (By Review Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. President Wilson and nearly all the members of the cabinet will spend Thanksgiving Day in Washington with their families. In the morning the President and Mrs. Wilson will go to church and in the evening they will attend a relief ball at the Washington Navy Yard. The While House family will have for dinner one of the several big turkeys sent for the occasion by friends in different parts of the country.Many government officials, diplomats and members of congress will attend the annual pan-American mass and luncheon at St. Patrick's Catho lic Church. The President will go to his own church or that of Mrs. Wilson.All government departments closed at noon today and will not reopen for business until Fridav morning. EDITOR EVADES BLAME FOR OBSCENE STORIES AUGUSTA. Ga.. Nov. 29. Thomas E. Watson, the Georgia editor, charged with circulating periodicals containing obscene matter through the mails, took the stand in his own defense in federal court here today and disclaimed personal responsibility for the mailing of the articles in question. The periodicals containing the passages objected to, he said, were put out by the Jeffersonian Publishing company, of which he is president Watson is expected to conclude his testimony tomorrow and the case may go to the jury by tomorrow night. red, white, blue and golden lights on fhe night of the President's visit, a committee headed by Mayor Mitchell stated today. More than 100 electrically driven and electrically illuminated automobiles will be used in the parade, following the ceremonies in New York harbor. The President will be met by the mayor and others after which he will board the Mayflower and proceed to the Statue of Liberty. BISBEE'S WAY OF CELEBRATING ON TURKEY DAY. Union services, Orpheum theatre, 10:30 a. m. Turkey shoot. Tombstone Canyon Kifle club. Tombstone Canyon, 8:30 a. m. Motorcyc le races. Country Club tracks. 1:30 p.. in. C. d A.-lDdians fi.'.itball game, Warren park, 2:30 p. m. Matinee at fiishee theatres. Big shows in evening. Klks dance, Kiks' hall, evening. Public dance, old Opera House, evening. Smoker, with boxing and wrestling, at the Y. M. C. A.. 8 p. m. All men welcome. Absence of Treaty Causes i America to Fear That No Indemnity May Be Paid Details Are Lacking. (By Review Leaseo Wire) WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Consul Put- I nam at Valencia, Spain, reported to day that the American steamer Chemung was sunk by gunfire and a torpedo from an Austrian submarine fourteen miles east of Cape de Gata, Spain. Nt additional details have been received officially. Interest here centered today on the prospect of extreme difficulty in col-Icting damages for the loss of the steamer now that it is known that she was sunk by an Austrian warcraft. Many authorities have held that under international law, a boat carrying over fifty per cent contraband could be sunk if it were impossible Pot the captor to get it to port. ; Under the terms of the old Prussian-American treaty, Germany has agreed to pay for American vessels sunk under such circumstances. As Austria is not in any way bound by that treaty, the issue would have to be made on a disputed phrase of international law. TOOTHSOME SWEETS BY ARMY TRUCKLOAD ARE TROOPERS' TREAT (By Review Leased Wire.) SAN ANTONIO. Nov. 29. Fourteen big army motor trucks were needed today to transport the toothsome sweets provided by San Antonio house wives for the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow to the national guardsmen and regular soldiers stationed at Camp Wilson. The trucks had the right of way through the downtown district as they carried their load of 40,000 pies and 2.000 home made rakes which will be in addition to the customary turkey dinner supplied by the government for its defenders. Many of the pies and cakes were gifts of pupils in the domestic science departments of the public schools. They were provided under the auspices of the Rotary Club of San Antonio.T BATTER OF Although the Russians, probably as a diversion, have started and are carrying on with great intensity an Offensive in the Carpathian region around Kirlibaba. northwest of the Rumanian border, the advance of the ! Teutonic allies all along the line in Wallachia toward the Rumanian capital of Bucharest apparently Is meeting with little impediment. The left flank of the forces of the central powers have now captured the important railroad junction of Petechtl sixty-five miles northwest of Bucharest: In the center the Rumanians are reported to be retreating in disorder, while the right flank, composed of the army of Field Marshal von Mackensen, which crossed the Danube, is carrying i out maneuvers in co-operation with the other commanders to the north. Only 20 Miles Away. The Petrograd 'office, in admitting a i AUSTRIAN SUB" SANK AMERICAN SHIP OFF ! SPAIN' t W Mill MILES U. S. RENEW APPEAL FDR COUNTS SAFETY Rushes Vigorous Notes to Britain and France Insisting on Safe Passage for Austrian Ambassador to U. S. 'TIS OUR INALIENABLE RIGHT SAYS LANSING If This Request Is Refused, American Warship May Escort Tarnowski Here Allied Diplomats Alarmed. (By Review Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The United States has set:: n'.tes to Great Britain and France, it became known today, requesting reconsideration by those governments of their refusal to issue a safe conduct through their blockade lines to Count Tarnowski, the new Austri-Hungary ambassador to this country, and speaking the unfortunate effect that a continued refusal would have on : opinion here. The notes point out that it is an inalienable right of sovereign , nations to exchange ambassadors , and insist that a third nation, even in time of war, is it ft justified in denying thi right. Care also is taken not to put the government in the position of having changed its attitude since the last communication on the subject which was merely the transmission of the Austrian government's request for a safe conduct. , U. S. May Demand It was planned at first when the rebuff was received to drop the position of being a messenger of Austria and make a formal demand in the name of the United States. It was decided, however, that it was unnecessary to take such action at this stage of the negotiations. If the present note meets with an unsatisfactory response it is admitted that a very different situation will be devel- j oped. j Diplomats Alarmed The allied embassies are deeply j concerned over the resentment felt j by the Washington government and are taking unusual care to keep their governments fully informed. It is not known that they have forwarded any direct representations to their governments except in so far as the nature of their information is in itself a recommendation. Nevertheless officials have every hope that this informal action by the diplomatic rep resentatives of the governments will go far toward influencing the attitude on the other side. Quick Reply Expected Early replies to the American notes are expected owing to the fact that Count Tarnowski is scheduled to sail from Rotterdam on the Dutch steamer Nieu Amsterdam on December 6. Should the replies prove unfavorable the United States might send a final note notifying the allies to disturb (Continued on Page Seven) WAY TO 20 continuation of the retreat of the Rumanians, says von Mackensen's men operating from Alexandria have advanced along the Turnpec road to Kulugurena. the latter town being 20 miles southwest of Bucharest. Turkish troops are fighting with the Germans and Austrians in this region. The Russian official ttmimunication asserts that the Russian attack east and south of Kirlibaba has resulted in the capture of many prisoners. The Berlin war office admits that slight gains were made but says the Russians suffered heavy casualties. Apparently little infantry fighting has taken place on any of the other fronts. On the line in France and Belgium there have been artillery duels at various points and here and there small attacks by raiding parties of both the belligerents. Similar fighting is taking place on the Russian RUM CAPITAL

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fete MARKETS NEW YORK CITY Average price of copper for week ending Nov. 22, 31.92. mi WEATHER Arizona Fair, not much change in temperature.Associated Press Special Leased Wire Service. VOL IS. NO. 150. BISBEE, ARIZONA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS BftNDITS ARE SIGHTED HEARING JUAREZ First American Refugee From Chihuahua City Confirms j Report That Villa Practi-I cally Controls City. , ! SEES BANDITS WITHIN 30 MILES OF BORDER American and Mexican Border Commanders Prepare for Surprise Americans Not Molested in Chihuahua. , (By Review Leased Wire; EL PASO, Nov. 29. As a pre- cautionary measure, additional troops were ordered down town fom the fort and army camps to- night by General Gt'orge Bell, Jr., artillery was held in readi- ness on the mesa, overlooking the city and Juarez, and an armored automobile wag sent to the inter- national bridge earlier in ' the evening. The report of bandit operations in the vicinity of Juarez was believed to have been responsible for this military activ- ity. EL PASO, Nov. 29. When a foreign refugee from Chihuahua City passed along the Villa Ahu-mada read in his automobile late today, he reported having seen-185 bandits at Los Tanques, a small settlement a short distance southwest of Guadalupe and about 30 miles southeast of Juarez. He said the column was moving in the general direction W Villa Ahumada, south of Juarez, and were all well armed and equipped. He was not molested by the bandits, he said, as the bead of the column had passed out of sight when he passed through Los Tanques and he saw only the rear guard, he said. U. S. Troops Warned. United States army officers stationed at Fabens, Texas, 32 miles southeast 'at here, and opposite Guadalupe, Chihuahua, were notified that scouts had been despatched south to investigate the pres- , ence of bandits so near the border. The Juarez military officers were also notified of the reported presence of the bandit force. k The refugee said he passed a number of bands of bandits between the city and the border, one band being encountered near Sauz. He said the bandits shouted "viva Villa" as he i passed in bis automobile, the flag of his country flying on the car. The bandits did not stop him, he said, nor fire in his direction. He saw another band further north, he said, but was not near enough to ascertain who they were. First Refugee Arrives. EL PASO, Nov. 29. The first foreign refugee to leave Chihuahua City since the siege began arrived here to- i night, reporting that Villa and Julio ! Acosta were in control of part of the city wnen ne made ms escape Dy automobile at 2 o'clock this morning. Owing to the fact that he had been in (Continued on Page Two) (By Review Leased Wire) WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Ambassador Gerard conferred with President Wilson late today, and received final instructions on views to be presented to the German government regarding the deportation of Belgians and submarine warfare. No written communications have been given the ambassador, but Mr. Wilson outlined to him fully the attitude of the American government toward pending issues. The President is understood to have emphasized the unfavorable Impression created here by Germany's treatment of the Belgians and to have reiterated that the United States has said its last word on submarine warfare and expects STRONG MESSAGE TO GERMANY IS GOING BACK WITH GERARD WALES COAL MINES TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT. ' LONDON, Nov. 29. Under the Defense of the Realm Act, the board of trade announces that from December 1, it will assume control of all the coal mines in South Wales. A committee has been appointed, representing the board of trade, the home office, and the admiralty for the admin- istration of the mines and will meet tc consider the question of wages. . There has been a long dispute concerning the demands of the South Wales miners Tor an increase in the war bonus. The board of trade attempted by inter- ventlon, to procure a settlement, but the mine owners objected to an intervention of their affairs with a' view to ascertaining whether they could justifiably meet the miners' demands. a; 6IDS LET ON 4 AND SILL CRAFT $65,000,000 Worth of Building Is Awarded by Daniels. Navy Seeking More Shipyards for 1917. By Review Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Secretary Daniels awarded contracts today for more than $65,000,000 worth of new fighting ships for the navy, including four battleships at $11,000,000 each, two fleet submarines at approximately $1,190,000 each, and 27 coast submarines at $696,000 to $698,000 each. These vessels comprise - the bulk of the great building program of 66 aircraft of various types appropriated for by the last session of congress. Bids for four battle cruisers will be received December 6 and for three scout cruisers on January 3, with the hope of completing the task of getting all the ships under contract within the six months limit set by congress. Shipyards Sought Already the house naval committee is at work on the 1918 bill and early in the spring the department must find building facilities for at least three more battleships, one battle cruiser, and a proportionate number of other craft remaining on the three year construction program. The bill to be put through this winter for the navy will carry a total of nearly $400,-000,000.Secretary Daniels announced that the contracting companies had agreed to the department's specifications calling for turbo-electric propulsion. It was this point which delayed the awards.' GIRL DEAD AND 15 HURT WHEN TROLLEY GAR HITS FREIGHT (By Review Leased Wire) SPRINGFIELD, Ills.. Nov. 29. Miss Sarah Morgan, aged 23, was killed and fifteen persons were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train crashed into a street car at a grade crossing here tonight The young woman, according to witnesses, was killed in attempting to climb out of a windo"w when the car toppled over, crushing her. Germany to live up to her pledges. After spending an hour with the President, Mr. Gerard left for New York. He plans to sail for Berlin December 5, if his private business permits. During the day the ambassador went to the state department for a final conference with Secretary Lansing and also talked with Secretary Daniels and other officials.. While Mr. Gerard would not discuss th"? conference for publication he is said to have informed the President that Germany undoubtedly is ready for peace on terms satisfactory to her, Whether the ambassador will have a conference in New York with Colonel E. M. House before leaving for Berlin was undecided when be left here. BATTLESHIPS CONGRESS IS BACK 10 L High Cost of Living and Possible Food Embargo Will Be Burning Issues of the Approaching Session. RETALIATION EMBARGO NOT FAVORED BY MANN Leader and Others However, Plan Legislation to Regulate Prices of Necessities of Life, This Session. (By Review Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. With the arrival in Washington of mem bers of congress the subject of general discussion dminant with them is the high cost of living and the food embargo to be urged by Representative Fitzgerald of New York as a remedy. Hot Debate Expected The discussion has presented a wide variety of views, some members believing that an embargo is not the remedy for existing conditions pnd that the subject will lead to much debate in congress. Mr. Fitzgerald said today that he would have two bills ready for introduction Monday bearing on the question of embargoes. Embargo No Solution Leader Mann said he did not believe an embargo would be piaced on food products and that it wa not a remedy for the evil. An embargo offered as a retaliatory measure, in his opinion, differed greatly from an embargo to regulate prices and sufficient warrant did not exist for a retaliatory embargo. Representative Borland doubted the wisdom of an embargo but thought the soaring pricefc of foodstuffs could be checked by some sort of legislation. Representative McLear was inclined to favor the embargo.Property Worth $10,000,000 Threatened With Destruction by Retreating Troops, New York Hears. (By Review Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Wireless dispatches from Berlin reporting a decision of the Rumanian government to destroy plants connected with the extensive oil fields of the country wore read without apparent concern today at the local offices of the Standard Oil Company, which has holdings there valued at between $7,000,000 and $10,000,000. The last word received here from the representative in Bucharest arrived two days ago, according to an official of the company, stating briefly "all's well." Whether this alluded to the personnel of its Rumanian company, which includes a number of Americans, or to the situation in general, the local officials were unable to determine. They expressed "the utmost conff-(Cbntlnued on Page Four) ROMANIANS RUIN STANDARD OIL HOLDINGS Lighting Up of Statue of Liberty Saturday Will Be Occasion of High Revelry Throughout New York (By Review Leased Wire) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. New York's great sky scrapers will be brilliantly lighted up Saturday night when President Wilson heads an automobile pnrade tliroueh the downtown section of the city after he has accepted on behalf of the nation, a new electric flood lighting system for the Statue of Liberty, provided by funds raised by popular subscription by the New York World. Preceding the parade, it was an ALLIES PLAN TO PUT LINERS; NEW ft- "v r 1T 1 - 1 mm Wi Kin i ' 7i ' j,un on icrwuiu . . i-'rnch liner Touraine, photographed on her ivicni. arrival at New York. . The Britinh government is serioubly considering1 the, adoption of Winston Churchill's suggestion that guns be mounted at both bow and stern of all merchant ships flying the British and allied flags. Should this suggestion be carried' out the entire subject of armed merchantmen would be brought forward on a new line, necessitating a formal ruling the first time a'vessel so a. med entered an American port. Many allied vessels now making American ports carry a big gun on the forward deck. American Warning Against War Loans Astounds London (By Review LONDON, Nov. 29. -Financial circles in London were surprised by the warning sent out by the American federal reserve board,' cautioning banks not to invest their funds too heavily in the British treasury notes offered in American nIW-t. The general feeling among business men here is that the entente allies are such good customers of the United States that they can reasonably expect all possible accommodations in methods of payment and also that Great Britain's financial standing re- War Sufferers Are To Be Remembered (By Review Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. President Wilson's suggestion that the people of America, in observing Thanksgiving Day, should contribute to relieve the suffering resulting from the war, will be put into effect in many churches tomorrow. Cardinal Farley, in a nrnclamation issued todav directed i that all the co'llections taken in the Roman Catholic churches of bis archbishopric be given to "the peoples of Europe." Funds contributed in the Episcopal and some other churches will be given to the Red Cross. Notwithstanding the high cost of food there will be no disposition on the part of charitable institutions and organizations to reduce the number of Thanksgiving dinners or baskets, of food distributed to the poor. TAFT SLAPS LABOR j NEW YORK. Nov. 29. "The tendency of organized labor to get too much power and use it," was con- j demned by Win. H. Taft in an address at the 160th anniversary dinner of the St Andrew's Society of the State of New York here tonight.' I MEXICAN CONGRESS CONVENES TOMORROW. QUERETARO, Mex., Nov. 29. With the work of examining credentials progressing slowly, General Carranza today tele- graphed his cabinet officers at Mexico City to be on hand for the opening of congress on Decem- her 1. nounced tonight. Miss Ruth Law, who recently established a new American record by flying from Chicago to Hor-nell, N. Y., will circle about the Presidential yacht Mayflower in an aeroplane electrically lighted. At the sttnie time what is said to be the most powerful searchllcht In the country will be played on the Mayflower from the decks of which the President and his party will view the illumination of the Liberty Statue. It is planned to flood the city with MORE GUNS ON COMPLICATION FEARED Leased Wire.) mains so .high that all classes of gov ernment securities had been protected in America, even under the present circumstances, about as readily as American securities would be taken here. There has been a certain amount of I criticism toth in parliament and by I government officials of the large ls-j sues of treasury bills, but the criti- cism was based on the argument that I the government was paying a higher rate of interest than the standing of its credit necessitated. President's Turkey Bouncing Big One (By Review Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. President Wilson and nearly all the members of the cabinet will spend Thanksgiving Day in Washington with their families. In the morning the President and Mrs. Wilson will go to church and in the evening they will attend a relief ball at the Washington Navy Yard. The While House family will have for dinner one of the several big turkeys sent for the occasion by friends in different parts of the country.Many government officials, diplomats and members of congress will attend the annual pan-American mass and luncheon at St. Patrick's Catho lic Church. The President will go to his own church or that of Mrs. Wilson.All government departments closed at noon today and will not reopen for business until Fridav morning. EDITOR EVADES BLAME FOR OBSCENE STORIES AUGUSTA. Ga.. Nov. 29. Thomas E. Watson, the Georgia editor, charged with circulating periodicals containing obscene matter through the mails, took the stand in his own defense in federal court here today and disclaimed personal responsibility for the mailing of the articles in question. The periodicals containing the passages objected to, he said, were put out by the Jeffersonian Publishing company, of which he is president Watson is expected to conclude his testimony tomorrow and the case may go to the jury by tomorrow night. red, white, blue and golden lights on fhe night of the President's visit, a committee headed by Mayor Mitchell stated today. More than 100 electrically driven and electrically illuminated automobiles will be used in the parade, following the ceremonies in New York harbor. The President will be met by the mayor and others after which he will board the Mayflower and proceed to the Statue of Liberty. BISBEE'S WAY OF CELEBRATING ON TURKEY DAY. Union services, Orpheum theatre, 10:30 a. m. Turkey shoot. Tombstone Canyon Kifle club. Tombstone Canyon, 8:30 a. m. Motorcyc le races. Country Club tracks. 1:30 p.. in. C. d A.-lDdians fi.'.itball game, Warren park, 2:30 p. m. Matinee at fiishee theatres. Big shows in evening. Klks dance, Kiks' hall, evening. Public dance, old Opera House, evening. Smoker, with boxing and wrestling, at the Y. M. C. A.. 8 p. m. All men welcome. Absence of Treaty Causes i America to Fear That No Indemnity May Be Paid Details Are Lacking. (By Review Leaseo Wire) WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Consul Put- I nam at Valencia, Spain, reported to day that the American steamer Chemung was sunk by gunfire and a torpedo from an Austrian submarine fourteen miles east of Cape de Gata, Spain. Nt additional details have been received officially. Interest here centered today on the prospect of extreme difficulty in col-Icting damages for the loss of the steamer now that it is known that she was sunk by an Austrian warcraft. Many authorities have held that under international law, a boat carrying over fifty per cent contraband could be sunk if it were impossible Pot the captor to get it to port. ; Under the terms of the old Prussian-American treaty, Germany has agreed to pay for American vessels sunk under such circumstances. As Austria is not in any way bound by that treaty, the issue would have to be made on a disputed phrase of international law. TOOTHSOME SWEETS BY ARMY TRUCKLOAD ARE TROOPERS' TREAT (By Review Leased Wire.) SAN ANTONIO. Nov. 29. Fourteen big army motor trucks were needed today to transport the toothsome sweets provided by San Antonio house wives for the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow to the national guardsmen and regular soldiers stationed at Camp Wilson. The trucks had the right of way through the downtown district as they carried their load of 40,000 pies and 2.000 home made rakes which will be in addition to the customary turkey dinner supplied by the government for its defenders. Many of the pies and cakes were gifts of pupils in the domestic science departments of the public schools. They were provided under the auspices of the Rotary Club of San Antonio.T BATTER OF Although the Russians, probably as a diversion, have started and are carrying on with great intensity an Offensive in the Carpathian region around Kirlibaba. northwest of the Rumanian border, the advance of the ! Teutonic allies all along the line in Wallachia toward the Rumanian capital of Bucharest apparently Is meeting with little impediment. The left flank of the forces of the central powers have now captured the important railroad junction of Petechtl sixty-five miles northwest of Bucharest: In the center the Rumanians are reported to be retreating in disorder, while the right flank, composed of the army of Field Marshal von Mackensen, which crossed the Danube, is carrying i out maneuvers in co-operation with the other commanders to the north. Only 20 Miles Away. The Petrograd 'office, in admitting a i AUSTRIAN SUB" SANK AMERICAN SHIP OFF ! SPAIN' t W Mill MILES U. S. RENEW APPEAL FDR COUNTS SAFETY Rushes Vigorous Notes to Britain and France Insisting on Safe Passage for Austrian Ambassador to U. S. 'TIS OUR INALIENABLE RIGHT SAYS LANSING If This Request Is Refused, American Warship May Escort Tarnowski Here Allied Diplomats Alarmed. (By Review Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The United States has set:: n'.tes to Great Britain and France, it became known today, requesting reconsideration by those governments of their refusal to issue a safe conduct through their blockade lines to Count Tarnowski, the new Austri-Hungary ambassador to this country, and speaking the unfortunate effect that a continued refusal would have on : opinion here. The notes point out that it is an inalienable right of sovereign , nations to exchange ambassadors , and insist that a third nation, even in time of war, is it ft justified in denying thi right. Care also is taken not to put the government in the position of having changed its attitude since the last communication on the subject which was merely the transmission of the Austrian government's request for a safe conduct. , U. S. May Demand It was planned at first when the rebuff was received to drop the position of being a messenger of Austria and make a formal demand in the name of the United States. It was decided, however, that it was unnecessary to take such action at this stage of the negotiations. If the present note meets with an unsatisfactory response it is admitted that a very different situation will be devel- j oped. j Diplomats Alarmed The allied embassies are deeply j concerned over the resentment felt j by the Washington government and are taking unusual care to keep their governments fully informed. It is not known that they have forwarded any direct representations to their governments except in so far as the nature of their information is in itself a recommendation. Nevertheless officials have every hope that this informal action by the diplomatic rep resentatives of the governments will go far toward influencing the attitude on the other side. Quick Reply Expected Early replies to the American notes are expected owing to the fact that Count Tarnowski is scheduled to sail from Rotterdam on the Dutch steamer Nieu Amsterdam on December 6. Should the replies prove unfavorable the United States might send a final note notifying the allies to disturb (Continued on Page Seven) WAY TO 20 continuation of the retreat of the Rumanians, says von Mackensen's men operating from Alexandria have advanced along the Turnpec road to Kulugurena. the latter town being 20 miles southwest of Bucharest. Turkish troops are fighting with the Germans and Austrians in this region. The Russian official ttmimunication asserts that the Russian attack east and south of Kirlibaba has resulted in the capture of many prisoners. The Berlin war office admits that slight gains were made but says the Russians suffered heavy casualties. Apparently little infantry fighting has taken place on any of the other fronts. On the line in France and Belgium there have been artillery duels at various points and here and there small attacks by raiding parties of both the belligerents. Similar fighting is taking place on the Russian RUM CAPITAL